# Yields getting bigger, but don't build budgets on recent highs - Brownfield Ag News

> University of Illinois professor Gary Schnitkey advises farmers not to base budgets on recent high yields, noting that yield shortfalls will recur. He expects 200-bushel corn and 60-bushel soybeans to become more common. The article cites the record 2017 US corn average of 176.6 bushels and a soybean average just over 49 bushels.

- Date: 2018-03-26 · published 2018-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65852-yields-getting-bigger-but-don-t-build-budgets-on-recent-highs-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The record 2017 crop is already known, and the comments are long-term outlook rather than new supply news, so they are unlikely to move prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-05-11 | [Soybean yields not increasing relative to corn yields - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64876-soybean-yields-not-increasing-relative-to-corn-yields-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.1% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2017-11-30 | [Sorghum exports notch new marketing year high - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68049-sorghum-exports-notch-new-marketing-year-high-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.0% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2025-09-11 | [Grains rise on short covering as markets brace for USDA yield revisions - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7570-grains-rise-on-short-covering-as-markets-brace-for-usda-yield-revisions.md) | +6.1% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2024-05-15 | [Ethanol production, stocks creep higher - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30242-ethanol-production-stocks-creep-higher-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2025-01-02 | [Corn grind, soybean crush down on month, up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26614-corn-grind-soybean-crush-down-on-month-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.5% | +5.7% |
| SOY | 2018-05-11 | [Soybean yields not increasing relative to corn yields - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64876-soybean-yields-not-increasing-relative-to-corn-yields-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.8% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-09-11 | [Grains rise on short covering as markets brace for USDA yield revisions - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7570-grains-rise-on-short-covering-as-markets-brace-for-usda-yield-revisions.md) | +3.8% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2025-01-02 | [Corn grind, soybean crush down on month, up on year - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26614-corn-grind-soybean-crush-down-on-month-up-on-year-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/yields-getting-bigger-dont-build-budgets-recent-highs/

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